"Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?" with Tuğçe Erçetin and Ussal Şahbaz
Tuğçe Erçetin and Ussal Şahbaz were hosted at the "Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?" program titled “Shifting Balancez: Global Politics in 2026” organized by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative in cooperation with Medyascope.
Institutional Innovation in Cities
Representing IPC, Ivan Lopez Cruz, a faculty member at Sabanci University's Economics Department, participated in the Symposium on Institutional Innovation in Cities, held on January 8–9, 2026, at Harvard University’s Bloomberg Center for Cities. The event brought together researchers and policy practitioners to discuss institutional coordination in addressing complex urban challenges such as crime, climate risks, and social services. Lopez Cruz shared insights on the political economy of urban security, emphasizing the importance of state capacity and policy timing in effective cross-agency coordination.
Reading Istanbul in Literature -The Voices of the House with Purple Grapes: Memory, Identity, and the Construction of History
IPC organized the event "Reading Istanbul in Literature - The Voices of the House with Purple Grapes: Memory, Identity, and the Construction of History (İMor Salkımlı Ev'in Sesleri: Hatıra, Kimlik ve Tarih İnşaası" which featured Alara Çakmakçı as speaker and Şerif Eskin as moderator on January 7 at IPC Karaköy.
Reading Istanbul in Literature 19 - The Voices of the House with Purple Grapes: Memory, Identity, and the Construction of History
IPC organized the event "Reading Istanbul in Literature - The Voices of the House with Purple Grapes: Memory, Identity, and the Construction of History (Mor Salkımlı Ev'in Sesleri: Hatıra, Kimlik ve Tarih İnşaası)," which featured Alara Çakmakçı as speaker and Şerif Eskin as the moderator on January 7 at IPC Karaköy.
Medyascope : “Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?” - “A 2025 Assessment with the Contributions of IPC”
The guests on the segment of our program produced in collaboration with Medyascope, titled “2025 Review: With the Support of IPM,” were Ümit Şahin, Zafer Yenal, Nebi Sümer, Zeynep Ayata, Alper Kaliber, Altay Atlı, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, and Senem Aydın-Düzgit.
Defense and Technology Cooperation amid Geopolitical Turmoil: Challenges and Opportunities for Turkey and Europe
The Initiative hosted the panel discussion “Defense and Technology Cooperation amid Geopolitical Turmoil: Challenges and Opportunities for Turkey and Europe” on December 19, 2025, at the IPC Karaköy. The event was convened by 2024/25 Mercator-IPC Fellow Samuele Abrami and 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellow Jacopo Franceschini.
Minerva Talks 24 – Istanbul in History: Kandilli Rasathanesi: Science, Nature, and Institutions from the Ottoman Era to the Present Day, Mustafa Aktar
Medyascope : “Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?” - “The Paris Agreement in Its Tenth Year: COP31 Turkey”
“What Kind of World? What Kind of Turkey?” with Ümit Şahin
Ümit Şahin appeared on the episode titled “The Paris Agreement in Its Tenth Year: COP31 and Turkey” of our program “What Kind of World? What Kind of Turkey?”, which we produced in collaboration with Medyascope.
Minerva Talks: Istanbul in History - Kandilli Observatory: Science, Nature and Institutions from the Ottoman Era to the Present Day
IPC and Tarih Vakfı continue to organize the monthly "Minerva Talks: Istanbul in History" series. The discussion titled "Kandilli Observatory: Science, Nature and Institutions from the Ottoman Era to the Present Day (Kandilli Rasathanesi: Osmanlı'dan Günümüze Bilim, Doğa ve Kurumlar) was delivered by Mustafa Aktar and moderated by Ayşe Köse Badur and Ayşe Ozil, on December 18 at IPC Karaköy.
Brown Bag Seminars 7 - A New Way for Strategic Partnerships? Italy-Turkey Relations and the EU’s Security Architecture
The seventh meeting of the Brown Bag Seminar Sessions, organized by the Initiative, featured a discussion by 2024/25 Mercator-IPC Fellow Samuele Abrami, on “A New Way for Strategic Partnerships? Italy-Turkey Relations and the EU’s Security Architecture” which took place on December 16, 2025, at IPC Karaköy
PARIS +10 - Event 2 : On the Tenth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and Beyond
IPC organized the second event in the Paris +10 series, titled “On the Tenth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and Beyond,” on December 16, 2025, at IPC Karaköy. The event brought together leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on the first decade of the Paris Agreement and discuss future challenges for global and national climate governance. The program opened with remarks by Ümit Şahin on the significance of the Agreement’s tenth anniversary. This was followed by Ömer Madra’s talk, “Is the Worst Nightmare Becoming Reality? Paris of Troy in Mythology,” which offered a symbolic perspective on the climate crisis, and Semra Cerit Mazlum’s presentation, “Before and After the Paris Agreement,” analyzing developments in climate policy since the Agreement’s adoption. The event concluded with an interactive discussion session that enabled an in-depth exchange among speakers and participants on the future of climate action in Türkiye and beyond.